ZIP 56001 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 56001 in Blue Earth County, Minnesota carries a composite property-distress score of 29/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100), climate & FEMA risk (74/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (65/100), construction/permit lag (54/100), institutional ownership (53/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 65 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.0% year on year, and 12% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

There are about 21,959 housing units across 56001. Owners hold 55% of homes, renters 45%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. Educational attainment sits at 37% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $276,700, an affordability ratio of 3.9× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 42% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 7.8%. Median household income is $67,224, below the U.S. median near $78,000. About 50,960 people live here, median age 29. 19.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Net-net, 56001 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.